The 166 victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were remembered by the Nation on its eighth anniversary including the martyrs who were killed by the ten Pakistani Militants.
On Saturday, all the victims of these terror attacks were remembered by their families and by the whole Nation and those who sacrificed their lives, the Nation salutes to those martyrs and brave hearts.
The Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao paid wreath and homage to all those victims who lost their lives in the terror attacks at the official commemoration event which was held at Police Gymkhana.
The Mumbai terror attacks and the counter-terror operation which was then led by multiple security agencies, continued for sixty hours between the night of Wednesday November 26 till the dawn of Saturday, November 29, 2008.
When these attacks happened, the whole nation got shocked and everyone's eye was on their television till the operation completed because these attacks gave wound which is unforgettable not only to Mumbai but to the whole nation.
All the terrorists got entered in Mumbai through the Arabian Sea route and within a small geographical locations area in South Mumbai and struck at multiple locations.
At the solemn memorial the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Director-General of Police Satish Mathur, Mumbai Police Commissioner Datta Padsalgikar, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray and several parliamentarians and legislators were present and everyone remembered those who lost their lives.
In memorial, the guests as well as the widows, orphans and the other family members of those who sacrificed their lives and victims remembered their dear ones who were lost in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on its eighth anniversary including the common mumbaikars.
To mark the eighth anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks some similar functions and peace marches, memorial concerts and condolence meetings are scheduled and also organised later in the day at those places which were targeted by the militants like Hotel Tajmahal Palace and Tower, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Hotel Trident-Oberoi, Nariman House-Chabad House, Leopold Cafe and others.
--with agency inputs
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